[Python-Dev] We should be using a tool for code reviews

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Thu Sep 30 18:19:13 CEST 2010


Am 29.09.2010 20:49, schrieb Guido van Rossum:

> Unfortunately taking the average patch posted to the tracker and
> importing it in Rietveld is very iffy -- it's very hard to find the
> right branch+rev needed to be able to apply the patch correctly -- not
> to mention that there are so many (slightly) different patch formats.
> It would take a fair bit of AI to get this right.
> 
> The recommended way to work with Rietveld is to use a checkout
> (fortunately with Hg this will become easier to do) and use the
> "upload.py" script that you can download from Rietveld (log in and
> click on the Create link).

Then could we do it the other way round and let (our) upload.py open
an issue with the patch automatically (after querying for information
not already given to rietveld)?

Georg

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